Jacque

While biking, Joel Bean and I found a little squirrel that didn't run away when we biked past. Being Cockerhams, we stopped to check on him . . . and brought him home. He is now living in our old guinea pig cage while we build him a proper squirrel cage. After rather extensive research, we have determined that he is about 7-8 weeks old and shouldn't have been out of the nest yet. We've been feeding him substitute formula (acquired from my dad's cousin who is a veterinarian) and watching him adorably nibble on apples and nuts. We're presently trying to determine when it would be best to re-acclimate him to the outdoors, but, in the meantime, here are some pictures. 

*nibbling on a walnut in Joel's hands

*eating a fig at Pop's house

*crawling up my arm 

Also, we named him Jacque after Brian Jacques author of the Redwall series.